English
Xanthochroi
Xanthochroi comes from Ancient Greek ξανθός ‘fair, yellow, golden, blond’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξανθόςxanthós‘fair, yellow, golden, blond’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865Xanthochroi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEξανθόςxanthós‘fair, yellow, golden, blond’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865Xanthochroi
Earliest quotation: 1865, Thomas H. Huxley: “The furthermost limit of the Xanthochroi north-westward is Iceland…”
The story
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).
Linked words
through Ancient Greek χρώς ‘skin’
Today it means
noun A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ξανθός / Xanthochroi